Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim, 1905 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Bigrone, 1990a | Bigrone, 2003 | Hopkins et al., 2017 .
  • Common names : Elephant fish (Creole, English), Rypoun tapiri (Czech), Trunkfish (English), Guinea nokiskala (Estonian), Guineantapiirikala (Finnish), Milligi (Hausa: Nigeria), Ugbala (Ijo: Nigeria), Bunyi karam (Kanuri: Nigeria), Dwangwa (Nupe: Nigeria), Lele (Yoruba: Nigeria) .
  • Condition / length-weight relationship : Offem et al., 2009 .
  • Current distribution known : known from the coastal basins of the Guinean region in the Konkoure, Lofa, Moa and Saint Paul rivers, and from Cameroon in the Cross, Sanaga, Wouri and Nyong rivers .
  • Distribution_references : Bigrone, 1990a | Bigrone, 2003 | Hopkins et al., 2017 | Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985b .
  • Electrophysiology : Hopkins et al., 2017 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : feeds on insects and larvae .
  • Genetics : Prié et al., 2021 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Bigrone, 1990a | Bigrone, 2003 | Hopkins et al., 2017 | Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985b .
  • Phylogeny : Prié et al., 2021 | Sukhum et al., 2016 .
  • Reproduction_references : Offem et al., 2008 .
  • Size : 430 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim, 1905: 217. Type locality: "Lokundje Riv. Kamerun". Syntypes ZMHU 14.727.
  • Use and trade : harvested for human consumption .